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DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 23
Police assistance
23 Police assistance
(1) An accredited medical practitioner may request that a police officer
apprehend, or assist in apprehending, a dependent person if the practitioner
is of the opinion there are serious concerns relating to the safety of the
person or other persons if the person is taken to a treatment centre without
the assistance of a police officer.
(2) A police officer to whose notice any
such request is brought may-- (a) apprehend and take or assist in apprehending
and taking the person to a treatment centre, or
(b) cause or make
arrangements for some other police officer to take the person to a
treatment centre.
(3) The police officer may enter premises to apprehend the
dependent person under this section or section 22, and may apprehend the
person, without a warrant and may exercise any powers conferred under
section 20 on a transport officer under that section. Note : Section 20 sets
out the persons who may take a person to the treatment centre and their powers
when doing so.
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